I'm probably having some subtlety wrong. The following code creates the
attached image.
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\version "2.21.0"
{ << R1 { s2. s4^"some markup" } >> }
{ << { \oneVoice R1 } \\ { s2. s4^"some markup" } >> }
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The lower akkolade is what I want this to look like while the upper akkolade adds a staff
I don't wish to see. Adding "RemoveEmptyStaves" should not be required (and may
or may not create more unwanted side effects in that I may not wish for other staves to
be removed).
As I said I probably am overlooking something since Alexander Kobel made the
very same suggestion off list.